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Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce’s gaudy adaptation of The Great Gatsby hits all the high points but plumbs few of the depths of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel. It’s a cartoon take on the classic novel of one man’s collision with the American dream during the Roaring Twenties, and much like its characters it … Continue reading
The Texas Theater’s Tuesday Night Trash series continues with a screening of the horror comedy Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988), 9pm, May 7, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios’ Reel Classics series continues with the science fiction classic Alien (1979), 2 and 7pm, May 8, at select Cinemark theaters. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm … Continue reading
A rare threequel that finds new ground to till rather than a rehash of what came before, Iron Man 3 proves that not only is there life after The Avengers, there’s still plenty of mileage left in the tanks of superhero-themed movies. The early buzz has proclaimed it to be the best Marvel movie yet; … Continue reading
The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of Terence Malick’s acclaimed feature Days of Heaven (1978), 5pm, April 28, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios’ Reel Classics series continues with Mike Nichols’ adaptation of The Graduate (1967), 2 and 7pm, May 1, at select Cinemark theaters. Details The Inwood Theatre’s Midnight Madness feature for this week is Steven Spielberg’s adventure … Continue reading
The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of Billy Wilder’s masterpiece Sunset Blvd. (1950), 6:45pm, April 21, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of Terence Malick’s acclaimed feature Days of Heaven (1978), various showtimes, April 21-28, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios’ Reel Classics series continues with Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-winning biopic Raging Bull (1980), 2 … Continue reading
Writer-director-actor-polymath Shane Carruth’s abstract, fearless, and utterly absorbing Upstream Color doesn’t reinvent cinema, but it does remind us what cinema can do when we are willing to put ourselves at the mercy of a filmmaker’s vision. Abstract, mesmerizing, allegorical to the core, and willing to forge its own structure for the sake of telling a … Continue reading
Director Joseph Kosinski made a tepid debut 2010 years ago with stylish but hollow sequel Tron 2.0. There is just as much style in his latest science fiction spectacle, but at least this time around it’s in the service of a high-falutin story that isn’t afraid to inject a little mystery into a well-worn but … Continue reading
The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of Francois Truffaut’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 (1966), 4pm, April 14, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of Billy Wilder’s masterpiece Sunset Blvd. (1950), various showtimes, April 18, 20, and 21, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm Janus Films print of David … Continue reading
Director Danny Boyle’s first feature film since 127 Hours (2010), the sleek and sexy but slightly flawed psycho-thriller Trance is Inception by way of Billy Wilder’s Charade. An occasionally too-convoluted slice of neo-noir, it is nevertheless a fun ride that reminds us to be careful when digging into dark questions, lest we be unfortunate enough … Continue reading
An alarmist tale of the inherent amorality and apathy lurking in the cyber-world, Disconnect tells what we already know in a way we’ve already seen. Henry Alex Rubin’s Crashian ensemble drama bites off more than it can via three interlinked plot threads: a grieving woman (Paula Patton) and her emotionally distant husband (Alexander Skarsgard) become the … Continue reading
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